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The shingle spire of All Saints Church rises above the surrounding houses, while halfway up the hill is the Tudor timbered Old Wool House, in which the fleeces of sheep were washed.

Despite its apparent weaknesses - it was built on low-lying ground surrounded by hills - it commanded the head of the estuary.

With its cobbled main street, wide square and bustling market, Bedale sits astride a long, low hill on the edge of Wensleydale.

Spanning the narrow street of this hill-top village, which rests high on the chalk uplands overlooking the River Nar, is this monumental arch, ancient gateway to the castle, which lies ruinous close by

Dominating the east on a hill next to Great Harwood is the Roman Catholic Church of St Hubert, an unusual dedication.

The steep incline of Hill's tramroad ended just beyond it, and the tramroad continued behind the white wharfinger's cottage before crossing the canal.

This view of the village on the hill from Hebden Road is dominated by the two big mills, the Ivy Bank Mills on the left and Bridgehouse Mill in the foreground.

None are more fanciful than The Bell Inn on Bell Hill.

There are many memorials in the 400-year-old building to walkers and climbers who have met their deaths on England's highest hills.

Marlow, and Henley further up river, were important inland ports handling mainly the corn, malt and timber of the Chiltern Hills behind them.

This view captures well the character of much of the Thames estuary: a somewhat bleak, flat shoreline and a smudge of distant chalk hills on the Kent side.

Race Hill was once the main road into Launceston from the south; it leads down to the South Gate, which is the last remnant of the old town walls.

This photograph shows a vastly different prospect from that we can see today: the rows of fields on the opposite shore are gone, and the houses of Newton Ferrers extend two-thirds of the way up the hill

The village of Ticehurst is situated on a gentle slope surrounded by fertile valleys and hills, where hops were once extensively grown.

William Sevenoke, who is described as a foundling discovered in the hollow of a tree 500 years ago, built the grammar school in 1432 and almshouses atop Sevenoaks Hill.

St Lawrence's stands on Meriden Hill, aloof from most of the community it serves, but close to a small cluster of old houses and with views towards Coventry.

little girls (right) posing with all the assurance of modern models outside the villa adjoining Dale's ornamental shop entrance, a cart stands at the beginning of Baker Street as it winds towards Monument Hill

Timber Hill rises above.

Dominating the east on a hill next to Great Harwood is the Roman Catholic Church of St Hubert, an unusual dedica- tion.

The Welsh name for the Sugar Loaf is Pen Y Fal, meaning 'top of the round hill'.

We are looking west as the A387 drops down into the hamlet to the bridge over the River Seaton at the bottom of the hill, before the road climbs up the other side on its way to Looe.

Beyond the houses on the right- hand side of the road is the village recreation ground complete with its new Millennium village hall, a welcome amenity for the residents of Scaynes Hill.

The signpost makes a central focal point on the flat-topped ridge looking towards the solid tower of Cane Hill Hospital on the skyline.

Lyme Regis, seen here from the heights of Timber Hill, is situated at the westernmost end of Dorset.Walking through the fields and cliffs of Lyme the visitor can never be quite sure whether he or